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    The 'Women' behind Jo and Amy: Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh play the sisters in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Alcott's novel

    by Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times Nov 04, 2019 7 minutes

    Florence Pugh is rapidly swiping her index finger across her iPhone, searching for Pam.

    "Hang on, hang on," she says. "I'm going to get it. Where's Pam? Oh, this is killing me."

    Pam is not the name of the actress' beloved dog or even one of her three sisters. Pam is the name that Pugh assigned to her costar, Saoirse Ronan, on the set of Greta Gerwig's upcoming "Little Women" adaptation.

    Pugh bestowed the alter-ego upon Ronan after shooting one of the most memorable scenes from Louisa May Alcott's classic novel: when Jo March (Ronan) reveals she has secretly cut off her long tresses. Her three sisters are horrified - "Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one true beauty!" cries Amy (Pugh), the youngest - even though Jo sacrificed to earn money for their ailing father's recovery.

    Enter Pam. When she started filming, Ronan had lustrous blond locks that curled nearly to her waist. Post-haircut, however, she was forced to don an unsightly wig: Almost a mullet but more of a shag with an unkempt Owen Wilson vibe to it.

    "And that's when Flo came up with this character called Pam," recalls Ronan, 25. "Pam is from Australia, and Pam's got a lot of opinions about what's

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